A method for configuring a User Equipment (UE) with a Channel Quality Index (CQI) table, the method includes: calculating a Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI) and Rank Indication (RI) according to a channel estimated result; determining a configured CQI index table according to received CQI index table indication information transmitted by a base station, the base station configuring the CQI index table by selecting the CQI index table from at least two CQI index tables; and calculating a CQI index according to the calculated PMI and the RI using the configured CQI index table.